Insufficiently Protected Credentials Affecting curl package, versions <0:7.61.1-22.el8_6.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.53% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-CURL-4329849
  • published27 Apr 2022
  • disclosed27 Apr 2022

Introduced: 27 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-27774  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-522  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 curl to version 0:7.61.1-22.el8_6.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:5313.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl package and not the curl package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability exists in curl 4.9 to and include curl 7.82.0 are affected that could allow an attacker to extract credentials when follows HTTP(S) redirects is used with authentication could leak credentials to other services that exist on different protocols or port numbers.

CVSS Scores

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